Counting Pennies

Jonah has an old spice jar he carries around with him that has pennies in it that we gave him. Today I asked him how many pennies he had. He "dumped" them out (his words) and counted one by one... "one, two, free, fooah, five!" Wow. I was dumbfounded and giddy with pride.

Jonah-isms

- No fall in fountain!
- Jonah frow pennies in fountain!
- No bite mommy. I sorry.
- I all done (food).
- Jonah go poopy in potty!
- Rain rain go away Mommy and Jonah want to play!
- Toes hiding in jamas (pajamas)/sand/mud/grass/dirt
- Jonah try it. Jonah have it. Jonah need it. Jonah want it. Jonah buy it. (all stuff he wants)
- Delicious!

Poopy WITHOUT diaper

Jonah asked today to go poopy on the potty (again) and this time we got brave and took his diaper off. He proceeded to poop on the potty!!! YAY! (of course when I took him off, he continued to poop down my leg, but hey, it's a start!)

Jonah in a circle

Jonah was listening the other day to his CD from Music Together (music class) and there is a song called "Old Brass Wagon" where one of the lines is, "Circle to the left old brass wagon...Circle to the right old brass wagon...". Sam asked Jonah if he wanted to go in a circle. Jonah went and stood inside one of the circular shapes on our rug and said, "Jonah in a circle!" Too funny.

Potty talk

This past Thursday, Jonah was home for a few hours with Daddy while Mommy went out and did an errand. Apparently, big stuff happened! Literally! Jonah told Sam he had to go poopy and he wanted to go on the potty. Sam brought him into the bathroom, put him on his potty (with diaper on) and Jonah asked for some privacy. Then, he proceeded to go poop on the potty! When Sam came in to check on him he was reaching for toilet paper, saying, "too much paper!"
Since then, every time he has to go poop, he asks to go on the potty (still with diaper on-- we haven't gotten completely brave yet!)

Person Places and Things

Jonah has an uncanny ability to remember places. Here are a few examples:
-- Driving on the street that leads to a big playground, he says, "Too cold (for) playground".
-- Walking past the ATM machine, he says, "Mommy get money in machine".
-- Driving away from our house he says, "Bye bye home" and when getting close to home on the return he says, "Home!"
-- Driving or walking near library he says, "Jonah library!" "See fishees!"

-- Driving past T station, he says, "Jonah go on train!!!"

From one to two to three word sentences...

"only daddy drinks poffee (coffee)"

"only daddy sharp knife"

"daddy sit on bike. go work".

"daddy touch ocean...jonah touch ocean"

"stars blinking" (in store)

"sit in car short time"

"daddy/mommy help you"

"sit on stool"

"lights turn green!!!"

"park too cold."

"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!"

"more karaide" (parade)

"not in mouth, mommy take away!" (about something that shouldn't be in his mouth)

Stuff we've been up to:

-- Davis Farmland (Sterling, MA) for petting zoo and water park. Jonah loved the animals, but held onto mommy for dear life at the water park. He didn't like all that water "in eyes".

-- Trip "going on train" downtown on the T. Jonah loved the ride so much he didn't want to get off and as soon as we were off was asking to get back on the train. He still asks to go on the train every time we drive past Alewife T station (and knew it was a train station even before we ever took a train there!)

-- Trip to Ogunquit beach (Maine) for Memorial Day weekend. He wanted to touch the sand and water but was very tentative. Wanted daddy to do it first.

-- Various local playgrounds: Jonah is starting to climb up the ladders by himself and slide down slides by himself. He likes to walk across the "wiggle wiggle" bridge.